Sports Lowdown

Carson Clough - Photo credit: James Ragan Photography The Tampa Spartans took down Florida Tech 15-10 Saturday, in a Sunshine State Conference game. Tampa used a seven-goal first quarter to put the Panthers behind the eight ball early and the visitors never recovered. With the victory, the Spartans secured their fourth straight SSC title. Logan Sweeney and Reid Chaconas were the only multi-goal scorers for Florida Tech in this one, each finishing with two goals. Carson Clough  led the Panthers with four points (1 G, 3 A). Jake Mosher McGraw and Conor Whipple each had a hat trick in front of the home crowd. Florida Tech starting goalie Daniel Flock gave up 14 goals and Matt Young, who played only 10 seconds, gave up one goal. Statistically, the game was close in a lot of categories, but Tampa held a 28-19 advantage in ground balls and that meant more possession time. They made it count.   Cody Martin scored the only goal for the Panthers in that ...

Daniel Flock - Photo credit: James Ragan Photography Despite being overtaken in many of the key categories, the Florida Tech Men’s lacrosse team won their fourth consecutive game Saturday, beating host Lynn 11-10 in the Sunshine State Conference opener for both teams. Florida Tech (5-4, 1-0 SSC) was outshot 49-37, they lost the faceoff battle 37-29 and lost eight of 15 faceoffs. Despite all that, the Panthers won where it mattered… on the scoreboard. Addison Abramson scored the decisive goal with his Panthers a man down. It was only the second goal of the season for him, but it may be awhile before he scores a bigger one. Reid Chaconas led the Panthers with two goals and two assists and Nick Wynne added two goals. An impressive performance by Daniel Flock in goal, made those points count. Flock allowed 10 goals, but made 16 saves, nine of those in the third quarter. At the other end, Collin McClelland made 10 saves for the Fighting Knights, while giving up ...

Nick Wynne - Photo credit: James Ragan Photography The Florida Tech men’s lacrosse team scored 14 first half goals on Monday, using that as a springboard for a 22-6 win over the visiting Notre Dame De Namur Argonauts. Nick Wynne was a man possessed in this one, scoring four goals and picking up four assists. Logan Sweeney scored four goals and assisted on two more. He had a hat trick with 5:11 left in the first quarter. Cody Martin had a six-point day, with a hat trick and three assists. Carson Clough scored two goals before they hit the seven-minute mark of the first quarter. The Panthers (4-4) scored early and often in this one, with 32 of their 55 shots being on net. The Argonauts fall to 3-7 overall and have now lost two in a row. Florida Tech scored the first seven goals of the period, with the only Argos goal coming with 1:10 remaining, off the stick of Justin Eggimann. Andrew Kofoed found the back of the net, with five seconds left, beating Panthers...

Nick Wynne scored four goals in Saturday's loss - Photo Credit: James Ragan Photography The Wheeling Jesuit Cardinals got a goal off the stick of Dereck Downs with four seconds left on the clock, earning a 12-11 victory over Florida Tech in a non-conference lacrosse game on Saturday. It was the seventh goal of the day for Downs, who was a one-man wrecking crew for the Cardinals on this day. His big day held up, thanks to a big performance from goalie Jake Lilly, who came up with 13 saves. Florida Tech took 51 shots, with 24 of them on goal. The Panthers (1-4) were led by Nick Wynne , who had four goals and Cody Martin , who added three goals and an assist, for his four-point day. Daniel Flock made eight saves on the day for the Panthers, but was stung a couple times at the end of quarters, which ended up being the difference in the game.   The Panthers went down 2-0 midway through the first quarter, but goals by Wynne and Martin left the score tied at two, hea...